Trunk-fastener.



P ATENTED MAY. 19, 1908.

s. W. BONSALL.

. TRUNK FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30,1907.

' clothing, dresses, etc., which the trunk may SEYMOUR W. BONSALL, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

TRUNK-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed March 30, 1907. Serial No. 365,480.

T 0 allwhom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR W. BONSALL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trunk-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present iIlY ention relates to an im proved means for securing theentire closing edge of a trunk or packing case by operation of a singlelock.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of means wherebythe solidity and security of the meeting edges of a closed trunk or boxmay be assured and whereby it may be made impossible to pry up the coveron one corner or side when the trunk is locked.

-This is accomplished by use of my invention by means which do notinvolve any danger of accidentally catching or tearing any contain.

The invention is illustrated in a preferred form in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a steamer trunkprovided with my improved locking devices. 'Fig. 2 is a sectional viewof one of the side hooks and of its chamber. Fig. 3 is a top view of oneof said chambers. Fig. 4 is a front view of the same.

In Fig. 1 is shown a trunk body 1 having the usual cover 2, hasp 8 andside dowels 4. These latter have the novel construction hereinafterdescribed and are received, when the trunk closes, by theescutcheonplates 5 on the outside of the trunk body.

The lock may be of any well known construction, being fixed to andcarried upon the hasp 3, secured to a strong interior shaft orrod 6,which is pivoted in bearings 7 arranged close to the inside of the frontedge of the cover 2, as shown. The shaft 6 carries 2 hooks 8 ofsubstantially the form shown, and these hooks are firmly fixed to saidshaft,

80 as to swing when the shaft is turned by movement of the hasp 3.

Instead of the usual dowel chamber formed by a hollowed eseuteheon oneach side of the look, as commonly used hitherto in trunks, I

employ a double chamber, formed of two oppositely placed escutcheonplates 5 and 9, preferably united by rivets l0. =A slot 11 affordscommunication between the inner and outer sections of the chamber formedby the two escutcheon plates.

The dowel4 which fits into the exterior escutcheon plate 5 .is hollowedout, and, when the hasp 3 is raised for opening the trunk, each hook 8passes throu h its appropriate slot 11 and occupies thediollowwithln thedowel 4 and outer chamber section. When the hasp is pressed inward,jforlocking the trunk (see dotted lines, Fig. 2) the shaft 6 curelyfastening down the edge of the cover 2 on each side of the lock.

I prefer to shape the hooks 8 so that tszere will be no sharp pointwithin the trunk which might catch accidentally on any clothing therein.

It is immaterial to this invention whether the hasp and hooks are placedupon the cover or on the body of the trunk.

What I claim is 1. A case having a slotted edge, a catch arranged toswing through said slot, a hollow escutcheon plate outside of'said slot,a hollowed tenon fitting said escutcheon plate and means within the casefor engaging with said catch, substantially as described.

2. .-A case having a slotted edge, a pivoted shaft parallel to and justwithin the opposite meeting edge, a lock-hasp fixed to said shaft,hollow escutcheon plates on opposite sides of said slot, a hollowedtenon fixed to the edge carrying said shaft and fitting the escutcheonplate outside of said slot, and a catch fixed to said shaft and arrangedto swing through said slot and to engage with the escutcheon plateinside of said slot, substantially as described.

SEYMOUR W. BONSALL.

l/Vitnesses:

V. BIeELow, JAMES HARRINGTON.

